Optimal parameters to improve the interface quality of the flap bed in femtosecond laser-assisted laser in situ keratomileusis

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1453-1459

  Serrao, Sebastiano ^a   Buratto, Lucio ^c   Lombardo, Giuseppe ^b,d   De Santo, Maria P ^e   Ducoli, Pietro ^a   Lombardo, Marco ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^b Vision Engineering Italy Srl   (Italy)

^c Centro Ambrosiano Oftalmico   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR STROMA INTERFACE QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA; ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMTOSECOND LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOMILEUSIS; MICROKERATOMA; MICROSCOPE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE ENERGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPOT SEPARATION; STROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; TISSUE SECTION;

AGED; CORNEAL STROMA; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84864140511     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2012.05.021     Document Type: Article

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